Later Poems
BEAUTIFUL SEA
Beautiful sea, so deep and wide,
Many bright gems thy waters hide;
Shells of every form and hue
Lie hidden beneath thy waters blue,
Many bright gems thy waters hide;
Shells of every form and hue
Lie hidden beneath thy waters blue,
Bright is the gleam of thy snow-capped waves;
Ah! who would dream that myriad graves
Pave thy low streets, and fair human locks,
Entwine with the Algae that deck thy dark rocks?
Ah! who would dream that myriad graves
Pave thy low streets, and fair human locks,
Entwine with the Algae that deck thy dark rocks?
Wild are the tales thy dark grottoes could tell,
How the coy mermaids with treacherous spell
Woo the unwary down to their last sleep
'Mid the coralline beds of the beauteous deep.
How the coy mermaids with treacherous spell
Woo the unwary down to their last sleep
'Mid the coralline beds of the beauteous deep.
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